I remember only about 2 years ago all long-distance NEC trains (except the Palmetto) were recieve/discharge only on the NEC depending on the direction. I knew that discharge only usually helped late trains make up time by a lot or arrive into NYP about an hour early. I noticed recently that Amtrak seems to have scrapped that practice and now you can ride on trains such as the Meteor, Crescent, etc. solely to and from any point between NYP and WAS. Why would Amtrak allow this now if it axes a way of a late train making up sometimes a lot of time? Is this a temporary solution because of Penn's track work?